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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Medway Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Medway website
3,189 approved · 4,472 refused · 1,450 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 May 2000 to 27 Sept 2027. Most recent record check: 10 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
246 R/O 246 & R/O 238-244 Walderslade Road Walderslade Chatham ME5 0PA
Received 25 Jun 20123 Motney Hill Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 7TZ
Received 25 Jun 201297 Kingston Crescent Lordswood Chatham ME5 8XG
Received 21 Jun 20128 Stillwater Mews St Marys Island Gillingham Chatham ME4 3SL
Received 22 Jun 2012587 Mierscourt Road Rainham Gillingham Kent ME8 8RD
Received 18 Jun 201235 Central Park Gardens Chatham ME4 6UT
Received 19 Jun 20123 Pine Grove Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3QR
Received 19 Jun 201231 Edwards Close Wigmore Gillingham ME8 0PB
Received 18 Jun 2012259 London Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 6YS
Received 18 Jun 2012325 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 0HS
Received 20 Jun 201236 Crescent Way Horsted Chatham ME5 9SY
Received 22 Jun 201226 Stoke Road Allhallows Rochester ME3 9PF
Received 22 Jun 2012Innovation Centre Medway Maidstone Road Chatham ME5 9FD
Received 20 Jun 2012Grass Verge To The North Of Garage Block Between Number 8 And 9 Holly Close Gillingham Kent ME7 1SX
Received 20 Jun 201212 Grizedale Close Rochester ME1 2UX
Received 20 Jun 201215 Trent Road Lordswood Chatham ME5 8JH
Received 20 Jun 2012Land Adjacent To Bellwood Cottage Ratcliffe Highway Hoo St Werburgh Rochester Kent
Received 19 Jun 20122 Hazel Grove Wayfield Chatham ME5 0EB
Received 15 Jun 2012183A Magnolia House Maidstone Road Chatham ME4 6JG
Received 14 Jun 201212 Kingsdown Close Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3PX
Received 18 Jun 2012Burnt Oak Primary School Richmond Road Gillingham ME7 1LS
Received 18 Jun 201218 Walsingham Close Parkwood Gillingham ME8 9SJ
Received 18 Jun 20127 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham ME8 0DH
Received 18 Jun 2012Chatham Segment Factory Chatham Docks
Received 15 Jun 2012Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Medway Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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